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Stunning transformation of Beijing Olympic stadiums

As February 4 marks the one-year countdown to the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, stadiums have undergone stunning transformations for the upcoming winter sports event.The B

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Zhoushan Port's throughput ranks first globally for 12 years

00:30 The Port of Ningbo Zhoushan in southern China's Zhejiang Province has become the world's busiest for the 12th consecutive year. The port handled nearly 1.2 billio

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COVID-19 Global Roundup: World leaders welcome Chinese vaccines

More than 50 million doses of coronavirus vaccines have been administered in over 50 countries and regions as of January 20, according to data composed by Nikkei and th

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Veggie food caterers swarm into Chinese market

03:17 International companies catering to vegetarian and vegan diets have been vying to enter the vast Chinese market as more attention is being paid to carbon footprin

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Tibet sees increasing road mileage, connectivity

The road network in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region now stretches over 117,000 kilometers, up by 50 percent from the end of 2015, as the region continues to s

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China to catch up with U.S. in GDP in 2030: Report

The skyline of the Central Business District in Beijing, China. /CFPChina's GDP is expected to catch up with that of the United States in 2030, two years earlier than o

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World's first 5G+8K cinema airs livestreaming symphony concert

The cinema in China National Film Museum broadcast the symphony concert "Beijing chorus" by using 5G+8K for the first time on Saturday. It is the first cinema to do so

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Tencent-backed Hike, once India’s answer to WhatsApp, has given up on messaging

India’s answer to WhatsApp has completely moved on from messaging.Hike Messenger, backed by Tencent, Tiger Global and SoftBank and valued at $1.4 billion in 2016, earlier this month announced that it

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Startups look beyond lidar for autonomous vehicle perception

Last CES was a time of reckoning for lidar companies, many of which were cratering due to a lack of demand from a (still) non-existent autonomous vehicle industry. The few that excelled did so by spec

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World's only all-white panda goes solo as it starts a new life

00:53 The Giant Panda National Park Administration released rare footage of the world's only all-white giant panda on Friday. In 2020, the infrared cameras in the Wolon

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Chinese facial recognition unicorn Megvii prepares China IPO

Megvii, one of China’s largest facial recognition startups, is gearing up for an initial public offering in Shanghai. The company is working with CITIC Securities to pr

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Are degradable plastics a way out of plastic pollution?

02:56 As new measures to curb the use of single-use, non-degradable plastic bags are put in place across major Chinese cities, companies that used to rely on making tra

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China's 'Father of Hybrid Rice' joins TikTok

Yuan Longping's Douyin account has attracted more than 15 million followers in just three days. /Screenshot of DouyinChinese agronomist Yuan Longping, famed for develop

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China to open FAST telescope to international scientists in April

02:17 China develops Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the world's largest audio telescope to capture audio signals in the universe and plan

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Record cold weather in China sends power demand through the roof

Icicles at a park in Beijing, January 7, 2021. /CFPExceptionally cold weather sweeping through China has caused a huge increase in power demand in the world's largest e

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BizBeat Ep. 05: Why did NEV makers become momentum stocks in 2020?

02:32 In 2020, four out of 10 cars sold in China's big cities were new energy vehicles (NEVs). The past year was extraordinary for new energy cars, against heavy odds.T

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TikTok rolls out its first lidar-powered AR effect

Snapchat was among the first apps to leverage the iPhone 12 Pro’s LiDAR Scanner for AR, but now TikTok has followed suit. The social video app confirmed today it has launched its first-ever lida